A group of 99 headstones to the south-west of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1987. Cemetery.
A group of 99 headstones to the south-west of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- rough-railing-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1987
- Type
- Cemetery
- OS grid reference
- SK 644 392
- Coordinates
- 52.94635, -1.04189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of ninety-nine slate headstones dating from 1698 to 1836 is located to the south-west of St Mary's Church. The headstones are situated within a triangular plot of land bordered by a footpath to the north-east, the churchyard wall to the west, and a fence to the south. The headstones are predominantly slate with flat and curved tops and delicately inscribed fronts, arranged in irregular north-south lines. Notable inscriptions include George Graves (1799), Ann Richmond (1792), Martha Wood (1829), Timothy and Edith Buxton (1811), and John and Ann Knight (1815). Other recorded inscriptions are Martha Butler (1754), Ann Whittle (1731), John Corley (1739), Robert Abbott (1754), Mary Marriot (1817), Alice Corley (1789), Elizabeth Keen (1764), Thomas Scrimshaw (1836), Ann Scrimshaw (1823), Thomas Stone (1711), Thomas Knight (1795), John and Mary Butler (1744), Richard Butler (1780), Mary Butler (1802), Ann Knight (1780), Sarah Butler (1768), William Sutton (1723), Joseph and Ann Benren (1770), William Morley (1766), Ann Buxton (1776), John Weatherall (1787), John Taylor (1783), Richard and Martha Harwood (1754), Sarah Brown (1823), Mary Easter (1778), Edward Hallam (1788), Joseph and Ann Bonren (1782), Robert and Mary Buxton (1799), Richard Harwood (1732), Robert and Elizabeth Green (1807), John and Mary Green (1742), William Harwood (1719), Mary Finn (1808), Mary Barker (1795), Mary Butler (1729), Alice Butler (1737), George Duke (1738), John Walker (1768), Mary Godfrey (1782), Bessey Bennett (1780), Robert Butler (1779), Mary, William and Robert Watson (1792), Dorothy Barker, Richard Doubleday (1756), William Green (1719), Mary Marshall (1773), George and Dorothy Barker (1793), John Green Jnr. (1724), John Graves (1791), John Green (1698), Mary Butler (1801), William Butler (1813), Mary Brewster (1731), John Brewster (1720), Mary Scrimshaw (1808), John and Mary Brewster (1809), John and Sarah Brewster (1823), Joseph and Ann Brewster (1734), John Brewster (1788), John Parr (1740), Thomas Morley (1781), William and Sarah Morley (1771), Samuel Parr (1728), John Parr (1727), Joseph and Edward Watts (1759), William Parr (1736), William Parr (1786), John Parr (1781), Mary Parr (1793), Mary Parr (1771), William Parr (1793), Elizabeth Parr (1777), Mary Parr (1737), Sarah Foster (1762), Mary Parr (1758), Richard Foster (1785), Elizabeth Foster (1816), Ann Foster (1742), Sarah and William Cooper (1787), Sarah and John Disney (1765), Mary Parr (1810), Alice and John Parr (1771), Samuel Parr (late 18th century), Mary Parr (1755), Sarah Farr (1797), and Thomas Parr (1803).
Local climate
A group of 99 headstones to the south-west of St Mary's Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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